DISCOVER WHAT IS IN YOUR SNOW GLOBE!

I know I am crazy talking about snow globes when we are celebrating the first of spring! But your snow globe will take on a new look after you read this post! Happy Spring by the way!

Would you agree that your DESTINY is up to you to DISCOVER? I agree 100% with this and I know first hand that PASSION will motivate you to find or "discover" a set direction which will lead you to your DESTINY! Did you get all that?
Direction is your road map to move you along from one road sign to the next. A road map keeps you focused so you do not get distracted and drift. If Heather does not focus I begin to drift. I drift over to the mall and wonder aimlessly trying to discover my next need. I drift into the shoe store. I then drift into this activity and then over to this hobby. All this drifting robs me from my dreams! I need direction to help me with discipline.
Many of you came to the recent "DREAM BIG" conference. I was honored to be able to encourage everyone to learn how to DESIRE and then DISCOVER their God given dreams! A God dream that is filled with passion can present a clear focus or vision that actually allows you to experience ahead of time the emotions associated with the anticipated future. I am still hearing how this conference has impacted so many lives. It goes to show you that God wants us all to desire with great passion our God Dreams! See my most recent blogs for a devotion and video from each part of the conference.

Salt - January 23, 2010 - Choices-Changes-Claims-Climbs

Salt - January 23, 2010 - Letting Go and Laying Down

Salt - January 23, 2010 - Dream Busters

The next step after desiring and discovering the dream is to design a plan and investigate your desires. I always remind you that the DISCOVERY of Gods voice is not a one time event but an ongoing journey of wonder, struggles, fears and desires.
Well ya all know I am a BIG DREAMER and my husband is always asking "what is going on in your snow globe today?" He knows I am thinking big. My snow globe when all shook up is a clear picture of my dreams and destination. I believe God has put great desires in my Snow globe but its up to me to shake it up and go discover them! I really want to step out this year to sharpen and stir the gifts God has put inside me. When we stir up our gifts it brings our snow globe to life and our dreams begin to develop. 2 Timothy 1:6 states "Therefore, I remind you to "stir" up the gift of God which is in you."



I am excited to announce this opportunity God has presented to me so I can stir up the gifts inside me and I want to share it with all my wonderful friends! The 2010 "SHE SPEAKS CONFERENCE" http://www.shespeaksconference.com/
Lysa TerKeurst (http://lysaterkeurst.blogspot.com/), President of Proverbs 31 ministries has been a huge encouragement to me through her daily blogs. God has used her to inspire the dreams inside me, remember friends God speaks through ordinary people in extraordinary ways to get you where you need to be on purpose. Let me excite you a little bit more about the "SHE SPEAKS" conference. Especially for all you great servants in the "WOW" ministry, this will be a way to grow stronger in 2010!

FOR SPEAKERS AND TEACHERS this part of the conference will help you learn
*To be more effective in teaching bible study
*Develop a great message from start to finish
*Understand what keeps an audience engaged and how to make your message memorable.
*Learn to deliver and or teach your message in such a way that not only inspires your audience but motivates them to make life changes

FOR WRITERS:
You have a "PASSION" for writing and even had people encourage you to write a book, but have never known how to get started on the pathway to publication. You will have the chance to attend sessions taught by the top christian publishers- Zondervan, Harvest House, Cook and several others. You will also be able to make appointments to pitch your book proposal.

Or maybe you are a blogger and want to learn how to more effectively connect with your readers, increase the impact of your blog, and hear from someone who successfully got a book contract by maximizing her blog platform.
Whatever the case may be, if you are a writer in the making, after attending this conference you will:
*DISCOVER your unique writing voice and the mechanics of effective writing
*Understand what publishers are looking for and how to write proposals that get their attention
*Better understand how to build your writing portfolio by getting published in magazines
*Know how to write a book that will impact your reader from start to finish

FOR WOMEN'S MINISTRY LEADERS

Now I know first hand that directing a large women's ministry is amazing yet challenging all in one. I know many of you serve in full time ministry all year long. Now this is an opportunity to stir up those gifts and get filled up. This training will encourage and help you:

*Continue building a DREAM TEAM of ministry partners
*Cast your vision for ministry in a way others will catch it
*Distinguish Gods direction for your ministry with God confidence!
*Celebrate milestones of your ministry's effectiveness and keep your team inspired

OK as you can see this is some serious SNOW GLOBE SHAKING! I know this will be loads of fun covered with profit and a cherry of purpose on top! I know that sounds corny but you get the picture right?
Do not miss out on this invitation that came to me from Lysa Terkeurst. To find out more about registering for the 2010 "SHE SPEAKS" conference visit the website at www.Shespeaksconference.com

Keep Dreaming Big,
Heather
Jeremiah 29:11

MY PASSOVER PILLOW!

PASSOVER/EASTER/RESURRECTION is such an amazing miracle working time! I have been really breaking down the passover the past couple of days. Passover is March 30Th. Passover focuses on a mind set of breaking free from the past! The Jewish culture come together to Praise God and remember the Exodus from Egypt after 400 years of slavery! They celebrate and remember that it is a time of New Beginning! I am so amazed how an ancient Jewish ritual that exist in the old testament has so many things that point us to the passover lamb Jesus Christ! Jesus is the New Testament PASSOVER!
In Exodus chapter 12:14 it states "This day (passover) shall be to you a memorial, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord throughout all generations" I feel like God was reminding me to REMEMBER the significance of PASSOVER on a personal level!
My friends I can really remember my Egypt, my time of bondage and hurt. I kept all things and all sin balled up inside. It was such a personal suffering I was my own slave. I am so happy for my NEW BEGINNINGS in JESUS CHRIST! ALL THINGS HAVE PAST AWAY AND ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW!
I am thankful for Passover and to understand that it is not just a Jewish ritual for the Jewish the culture.
Passover is truly a mindset in which I remember my personal salvation experience and PRAISE GOD for my salvation in Jesus Christ!
I had some bondage girlfriends! Christ became my Passover sacrifice so I could CROSS OVER into the new promised land he has prepared for me! Now I understand why God says in Exodus chapter 12 to "remember" the passover and make it a memorial! The difference is that it is about my relationship with God and not a religious ritual! AMEN SISTERS!
Now I found several things very interesting in how the Jewish culture prepares for their Passover meal called the "Seder Meal" I would love to share a couple of interesting observations and show you how these observations all point to Jesus Christ! I hope this makes your Easter celebration a bit more interesting!

The first thing that takes place the day or so before the Passover week begins is a HUGE SPRING CLEANING! They are very serious at cleaning in all the corners of the house to remove all the leavened bread from the home. They clean their ovens and even use blow torches to burn the "chametz". The reason the leavened bread is such a symbolic item is because back 400 years ago when the Hebrews were released from Pharaoh and freed from their bondage as slaves they had to leave in a huge hurry and could not wait for their bread to rise! I do not think we can relate to this in 2010 sisters! We would probably identify more with our flat irons or our coffee pots!
Anyway I like the idea of SPRING CLEANING! A time and season to get ready for a new beginning in life. I think we should set a time aside and ask God to create a clean heart in us. Psalm 51:10 "create in me a clean heart, O God; and RENEW a right spirit within me". We must take time and Spring Clean and prepare for a new beginning!
The coolest thing I learned was the 4 questions that the Jewish children ask during the Seder dinner and these questions create a framework for telling the story of Exodus. I think these four questions became very personal to me and I could see my salvation in each question! WOW! Please take a look at the four questions and personalize them and reflect or remember the framework of your personal Passover story! If you do not have one maybe this is your NEW BEGINNING!

1. Why is this night different then all the rest during the whole year?
Answer: Because it is a time to set aside and make it a memorial and REMEMBER what God did! Do you remember what God did for you? or is God trying to get your attention and show you something new?
2. Why is it that on all other nights of the year we eat all breads but on this night we only eat Matzoh?
Answer: Matzoh is unleavened. It does not have the ability to rise. It is a reminder of what they had to leave behind when they fled in a hurry.
I began to remember the things that I had to leave behind when I left to follow Christ. I also believe that leavened bread is a picture of pride and puffiness! We need to remove all pride and puffiness from our lives and give Jesus priority in our life to lead us out into the personal promised land he has created for us.
3. Why is it that we only eat BITTER herbs on this night during passover?
Answer:To remind us of the "bitter"rude way Pharaoh treated the Jewish people
when they were slaves in Egypt.
I was pondering the bitterness I had in my heart because of past circumstances before Christ set me free!
4. Why do we DIP our herbs twice in salt water this night?
Answer: To remind us of all the hard work it took in laying brick in building
Pharaohs buildings.(They also use cut up apples and smashed nuts during the
meal to represent the materials of brick and mortar that they labored with) The salt water reminds them of all the
tears they shed during this bitter time!
I was reminded of Psalm 56:8 " Lord, You put my tears in a bottle" The Lord knows of all our tears! maybe when we get to heaven we will be given our bottles at the Passover wedding feast! LOL!

The final question of the evening is Why on this night do we eat in a reclining position or leaning on a pillow?
Answer: To be comfortable and remind you of your freedom!
I have to say I am very thankful Christ came to SET ME FREE!
HE IS MY PASSOVER PILLOW!
May this season be a memorial to you that Christ Came so you may Cross over into more then you can Dream or imagine!
Maybe this will be the first season that you really come to know Christ and understand the cross! Ask Him to be your personal savior! He will lead you out and into amazing things! What a great memorial it will be!
Happy Passover friends
Love ya
Heather

DREAM BUSTERS

God says in Isaiah "Behold I will do a new thing... Do you not know it?" I love that God is always dreaming up new things for our lives! But we are the ones that always miss what he is doing or we do not even know it! We all have DREAM BUSTERS! They BUST every opportunity for our preferred future! How do we push past them and keep diving into all God has for us! This last message I spoke at the 2010 Dream Conference will enlighten you! Keep DREAMING never give up on those desires! I hope I know this will help you become aware of your dream busters and then energize you to blaze past the busters in your life! Keep those dreams alive! Do Not Miss What God has for you! Do not stay stuck in your circumstances!

I am thinking of doing a bible study on line, I would love feedback to who would be interested! This would be a neat time to interact with everyone from all over!
Have a great day friends and talk to you soon!
Heather
Go to the link below and click DREAM BUSTERS
Salt - Jan 10 - Dream Busters

"LETTING GO AND LAYING DOWN" Message 3 of the Big Dream conference Speaker Heather Baxter

This was the biggest revelation for me in 2010~ In Exodus chapter 4 verse 2 God says to Moses "What is that in your hand?" Moses said "A rod" And He said "cast it on the ground." So Moses cast it on the ground. This rod was a huge part of Moses identity. The rod identified him as shepherd. He worked for his father n law as a shepherd boy. When he was asked to lay that down, he was laying down everything he knew for that season in his life. Little did he know that God was going to transform him and use his rod in huge ways! The same rod that directed sheep was going to split the red sea!
How often do we get stuck in our identity and its so comfortable that we cannot see past our comfort zone. Gods dreams are always bigger. But in order to experience the miracles we have to let go and lay down. Do you need to let go of the past? Do you need to lay down fears and failures? Do you need to let go of your current identity? God is always up to doing new things and transforming for new miracles but if you never lay down you will never experience what lays ahead! The laying down and letting go can sometimes be the hardest thing you will ever do!
But your split sea moment is around the corner!
Enjoy this message and let me know how God used this message in your life!
Love ya friends
Heather
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Salt - January 23, 2010 - Letting Go and Laying Down

HOW TO KNOW IF YOUR MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION Message 2 from the Dream Conference!

We all make decisions on a daily basis with immediate and long term consequences. The BEST decision is a WISE one. God wants to direct us and our every step. The bible offers us guidance on many issues in our daily lives. But yet the bible appears silent in many lives. God has a treasure for you personally. He wants to give you full understanding and direction for your situation. He desires that you seek and go on a treasure hunt and search for the hidden treasure. Proverbs 2:4-5 "If you seek(wisdom) as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasure; then you will understand the fear of the Lord"
It all begins with a willing commitment and it will end with exciting discoveries!
The second message from the DREAM conferance taught by Carole Combs will help you discover how to start searching for the treasure! It is a practical 7 day plan that you can apply today. It will help you make the right decision in your life. Remember all our decisions have a concequence. Are you getting ready to make big decision in your life? Do you want to be in the middle of Gods dream for you life? Come journey with us as we go thru the Dream conference together! Please let me kmnow how God is speaking to you as your comments are always a huge blessing to me and others.

Tomorrows lesson is on "laying down and letting go" So God can interrupt our life!
Blessings friends
Heather

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Salt - January 23, 2010 - A Seven Day Plan to Finding the Will of God

DREAM BIG CONFERENCE AND DEVOTIONAL

True Faith demands that we Activate our Faith. It all starts with a GOD DREAM! The bible is full of stories of many people in whom God dreamed Big for. Their destiny determined anothers destination.
Moses was going to be a leader, split a sea and set the captives free, Noah was asked to make a boat out of gopher wood, Joseph had dreams that placed him in line with Gods plans, Lastly, God had a dream to save the world through His son Jesus!
Do you believe in God size dreams? Do you believe God wants to guide you and bless you through a God sized dream?
The first thing you need to do is make a CHOICE/DECISION to believe bigger then your circumstances. You need to see the DREAM! Now after you make a choice to believe and obey you may run into some DELAYS, DOUBTS and DISCOURAGEMENTS that seem to lead to another DEAD END. But remember when you make a Choice it then becomes about the CLIMB. So often we just want to get to the top or the other side in a hurry but its not about that!
You will face struggles and chances and be knocked down but these are the moments that God does His biggest work. It is very important to not take your eyes off the Dream. In the end God will DELIVER and you will experience your TA DA moment!
God is all about DELIVERING you into the Dream He is preparing for you!
I hope you enjoy the first teaching to the Dream Big conference!
Let me know what dreams you have for 2010, I want to climb alongside you and be an encouragement. I know it can be scarey and hard at times!
Blessings and keep dreaming!
Heather

CLICK HERE TO VIEW, I WILL DO A DEVOTIONAL ALL WEEK ON THE DREAM CONFERENCE!THANKS FOR ALL THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK
Salt - January 23, 2010 - Choices-Changes-Claims-Climbs

NEW YEAR WITH A NEW ADVENTURE!

Happy New Years to my friends and family, New years is a time to realize more then any other time in our lives that we can never go back.....but we are standing on the edge of new opportunities! God is holding our futures in His hands and He will lead gently lead us, if we let Him!
God holds each of our dreams and destinations. Deuteronomy 11:7 shoes us that the Lord has a destination for us in 2010 it states " A land or destination which the Lord cares; the eyes of the Lord your GOd are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year"
On new years day, I spent some time with my two girls teaching them about DREAMS! We arecurrently on a family ski trip at Boyne. We decided to go sit up in the mountains and talk about Gods dreams and destinations for our lives. Its never to late or to early to learn how to DREAM and get in line with Gods plans for your life. I want to teach my girls and son to go on adventures with God! He will take you places you never could have imagined by going down paths you never knew existed!
It is all about those divine detours in 2010~ Its important not to not to focus on our wrongs in the past , you won't have energy left for kingdom dreams! Alot of times or plans have to fail in order for Gods plans to succeed!
I know my girls are young but as we sat in the mountains they took their dream journals out and asked God to help them Dream like daughters of the KING! He will lead my girls in the best paths, because they simlpy "asked", I want them to be deteremined to pursue GOD-ORDAINED passions until they day they die!
I am excited about the New year. It will consist of alot of CHANGES for our family. We are prepared for God to disrupt the routine of our lives. When God wants us to expereince a change in perspective, He often does it via change in scenery. The BAXTER FAMILY IS GOING ON AN ADVENTURE IN 2010,we will be moving......A CHANGE OF PACE AND A CHANGE OF PLACE WILL EQUAL A CHANGE OF PERSPECTIVE.
Its so easy to focus on what God wants to do through us that we neglect what God wants to do in us! The Lord has something to teach Heather in 2010.
God told Moses in the book of Exodus to "Throw down His staff to the ground" A shepherds staff was a six foot wooden rod that was curved at the end. It funtioned as a walking stick, a weapon, a prod to guide his flock. The staff symbolized his security, it was part of his identity (a shepherd), his title, his job and his relational security because he worked for his father n law!
Has GOd ever called you to throw something down???? IT can be hard to let go and lay down. It feels like you are letting go of your future and plans. It feels like you are loosing what is important for to you. But this is when you discover who you really are! When you lay down an old identity in 2010 you will discover a new identity! If Moses held onto his staff he would not have experienced all the new miricals! Where do we find our identity? in a title? paycheck? ministry? a degree? a name? There is nothing wrong with these things as long as you can "throw them down" What is the staff that God wants you to trow down in 2010? Can you do it?
I promise God has new miricales for you! I know he has great things for me and my family and I am excited to always be on an adventure with God!
Throw down your staff, come out of the cage and DISCOVER the adventure on the far side of routine!
I will continue to blog my adventure in 2010~please stay connected with me on this blog,I love to hear from you! I am going to miss my friends, church and ministry but God has asked me to lay some things down and I am not to pick it up until He commands! Things will become new for me and my family!
Happy New Year
Heather Baxter!

Isaiah 43:18 "Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old, Behold, I will do a new thing!"

"The will of God will invovle a daring decision that seems unsafe or even insane. But if you have the guts to climb the cliff, the wild goose(holy spirit) will meet you at the the top" this came from a great book called The Wild Goose Chase by Mark Batterson, I highly suggest this book for your 2010 reading along with The bible!

Look forward to seeing you at "DICOVER THE DREAM" CONFERENCE January 23 10am-3pm
Tyrone Hills Golf course in Fenton, Michigan
www.hiswow.net for more details!

My Christmas Present!

WOW It has been awhile since I last blogged. I have been trying to ponder and catch up on the many changes going on in my life! But all for Good!
I have been up early and up late the last few months pondering many things. I just seem stuck in a certain thought. The thought of Christmas and who this amazing baby Jesus really is and What He has done for my life so far. I have been trying to wrap my mind around what Mary must have thought and felt the first time she KISSED her baby Jesus, The very Face of GOD!
God then sweetly reminded me that as I ponder the past, present and future of my life, I also have had many opportunities to look upon the sweet face of baby Jesus. For His precious Face has showed up in so many situations in my personal life this past year.
I shared a message this past year to many women, this has been one of my favorite messages for 2009, It constantly rings in my mind and heart. The message was titled "HAS HOPE FOUND YOU"? As I reflect upon the Christmas story, I realize even more that HOPE was born on Christmas Morning for me! I began to think "Who in this world does not need HOPE"? HOPE was born to help us cope with families, marriages, health, finances, jobs, churches and ministries! I sure need every bit of HOPE I can get! LOL!
I have experinced HOPE "The sweet face of baby Jesus" in so many areas of my life this past year and desiring it so much more in my journey for the New Year.

Romans 8:24-25 states "For we are saved in this HOPE, but HOPE that is seen is not HOPE, for why does one still HOPE for what he sees? but if we HOPE for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance"

Christ came to help us take our eyes off of what we see everyday and bring it into a new perspective or may I say NEW focus! HOPE was born on Christmas morning, but I have just realized how many times I have celebrated Christmas "the birth of HOPE" in my personal life this year! He has had many gifts for me this year. I have opened His presence of Hope many times. Each gift was so precious to me and perfect in timing!
I wanted to share some Presents of HOPE that I received and unwrapped this year

HOPE reminded me that He will never disappoint you, HOPE encourages,
HOPE will Stop you in your tracks and Help you, HOPE will find you when you are in need, HOPE will save you, your marriage and your dreams, HOPE will send you in a NEW direction, HOPE will guide you, HOPE will help you rise again when you have been knocked down, HOPE opens your eyes to see with a new, fresh perspective, HOPE strengthens you, HOPE enables you to continue despite the struggles, HOPE stretches you, HOPE sends you past your comfort zone, HOPE helps you enter the "unknowns",(A place I will be traveling too in 2010) HOPE inspires your mind to understand what the truth really is, HOPE challenges you, HOPE teaches you how to dream, HOPE creates an opportunity thru your disappointments,HOPE opens doors for you, HOPE satisfies you!

This my friends is what we celebrate this Christmas! I pray your Christmas is full of the realization of how truely miraculous baby Jesus really is! May he fill your life with many presents of HOPE this year, He knows exactly what you need and when you need to open it! May HOPE find you in the NEW YEAR~

Merry Christmas
Love Heather

"DREAM BIG" CONFERENCE COMING UP ON JANUARY 23rd Stay tuned for more information! HOPE to see you there!

Put On your Wonder Underoos! ( aka: BIG GIRL PANTIES!) Heather Baxter

Ladies, God has fearfully and wonderfully created you into a real super hero! Do you want to be the woman of the hour with HIS super powers? Lets embrace "HIS" super natural and sustain the vision what we are and will become! We need to "PUT OFF" the old white natural panties and "PUT ON" our wonder panties! You will become more then conquers thru Christ Jesus!
Understanding your identity in Christ is absolutely essential to your success in living the wonderful victorius life God has for you!
Learn thru my message that you are FORGIVEN, ACCEPTED, STRENGTHENED, MADE A WARRIOR and VERY SIGNIFICANT! May God bless you as you reaffirm who you are in Christ!
I share many personal things in my message about my past life! But remember God Makes all things new! I am a new creature in Christ! I am so Thankful for his Grace and forgiveness!
Have a great week friends!
Grace and Love,
Heather

PAINT BY NUMBER

I am so excited to share with you some of the speakers from the most recent womens conference! The theme of the weekend was "Wonder Women" In Psalms 139:14 it says You are fearfully and wonderfully made! MARVELOUS are your works!
MARVELOUS means supernatural! Isaiah 29:14 tells us that He will do a MARVELOUS work and a wonder! well, let me tell you, that makes me a woman of wonder..........I desire to see GOD do the supernatural things in my life.How about you?

In caroles message you will learn that "YOU ARE A WONDERFUL MASTERPIECE" She will help you connect the dots with the color and splashes of life one at a time. Sometimes we have to add color that we do not like, but we can learn to release ourselves from the PRISON OF OUR OWN PERCEPTION! I pray you desire to stick with the canvas God has created for your life!
I will post a devotional and new message all thru this week!
Have a great week friends!
Blessings and wonder,
Heather Baxter